The Goalie Goal
AHL goaltender Lukas Dostal of the San Diego Gulls had quite a night on March 2nd against the Colorado Eagles. With 51 saves, Dostal established the second-longest shutout streak in team history. Furthermore, he scored an empty-net goal, the first in franchise history and the first of his AHL career.
As the current Player of the Week in the American Hockey League, the Gulls netminder was more than worthy of this status. The team defeated the Colorado Eagles 5-2 tonight at Budweiser Events Center.
Dostal stopped a total of 21 shots in the second period and 38 total shots through the two periods. His penalty kill helped the Gulls go 6-for-6 when shorthanded in the middle frame, while Colorado went 0-for-5.
Words From Dostal
“So, the puck was kind of, like I think it hit the glass and just moved over quite slow,” Dostal said. “I saw all the guys on the red line so I just thought like, ‘Yeah, let’s try it, let’s stop the puck,’ and then I took a look and the guys were like on the blue line so like if it’s not going to go to the goal, then this is going to end up in the neutral zone. So, but luckily, I got really under the puck and I just shot it over so it was fun moment.”
Words From Gulls Head Coach Joel Bouchard
“What a night,” Gulls head coach Joel Bouchard said. “He’s on a roll. You know, emotion was way high tonight to be honest. We build this game for our team like a playoff game and I cranked the guys up. There was a lot of emotion out there. The guys played hard. We put ourself in trouble, but I felt that Lukas was the one that kept his emotion in check. As a goalie, that’s what we want. He didn’t get riled up into anything. He stayed composed and that’s why he was able to execute that play at the end. Cause he was so composed all game through. And really, I have not seen an emotional game like that all year. So, for him to be performing under these condition it was a really good performance.”
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